"Cinema is the evening class for discriminating adults."--Ousmane Sembene

Friday, January 18, 2008

VAL LEWTON BLOGATHON—It's A Wrap!!

When I first thought of hosting the Val Lewton Blogathon, I was concerned that I might throw a party no one would come to; but, the turnout has been great and the contributions diverse and fun reading. Below is the complete contribution list. I want to thank each and every contributor for participating and making it such a fun party!

There's still a lot more that could be said about Val Lewton and his oeuvre but for now I need to wrap up my coverage of the Palm Springs International Film Festival and move on to Noir City and the San Francisco Indiefest. I've been so heartened by this project that I'm going to go ahead and announce the Kiyoshi Kurosawa Blogathon in honor of his 52nd birthday on July 19, 2008!! Mark your calendars! Thanks again everyone!

I finally finished my post this morning and put it up. It's not specific to any of his movies, but just gives some overall impressions I have. If you can link it in that would be great, but I understand if you've closed it off.

Wonderful Blogathon Michael! I was more than happy to promote it on my own blog. I'm still recovering from the holidays and work + family stuff have been really demanding lately so my writing and blog reading has been minimal, but I enjoyed catching up with the contributors this week. If I ever get around to writing something about Lewton's influence on Argento, I'll let you know.